From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (server1.sourceware.org [209.132.180.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8BF71F4B5 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:24:23 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=r1ECRMVNeNjXTSFQ FOLr3WR8/DfaSj/KHvoqtUMPJwKoQXHQOJauGqD/NU9+f4HPeZG4nN1GAYAGpZdz AYyFGUoliNmZXE1g7nBcTjAg1Y4e7c/P3QtjzmKtUmSHGO3+30cMsYcvKR9GCyLV BUvJRcG9DW6VOgQhH8uH13vnzTA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=lTyKrR/LK2nOa0rKlMkrJE u3Yuo=; b=IPz/ovG43GllYS33T6OO1HvYXFmJ4oJTFMm8SokVhKQ/04nIy622lG kKeY4cx8SA9i9Vl8/v4vhdww4VVceV4k+zwOwQSmJnOcbPuqhtbuLnpPQAbfv1SN d/yvYiIUs3QIaF44O1WkouhXg6+zClEsBsUAIxXrKNAZ6djYzkznM= Received: (qmail 49316 invoked by alias); 12 Nov 2019 22:24:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 49239 invoked by uid 89); 12 Nov 2019 22:24:15 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-HELO: us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1573597445; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=XyMxdjcmrOXtktUh5YZAlAxO9NXAFvbmxvf0q6O3gbY=; b=JgI/7tv/fxLevHiKhtl2y/kHMkSxeJy4cbh26pJQO2BiSiLMa2w3ShLyiLihbaOalNTTlL 2qgVoau7SCWn/xed+Luy3MUbUzy0E0RWKlCL0K7HoKsml66OFKax3/iA40CuP6UvgwpBqu x5G+0/DaXHqAl0h2/nKnT76zJh9moGI= Subject: Re: [review v3] slotinfo in struct dtv_slotinfo_list should be flexible array [BZ #25... To: Florian Weimer Cc: Sandra Loosemore , Joseph Myers , Florian Weimer , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, Szabolcs Nagy , cltang@codesourcery.com, andrew@codesourcery.com References: <20191112114732.2175B20AF6@gnutoolchain-gerrit.osci.io> <4e7ad8ea-43ae-6af6-d2a9-2a05d42b0cc6@codesourcery.com> <87r22dey2c.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <320362b6-854f-230e-5db8-af20f66ef838@redhat.com> <87sgmsbuxn.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> From: Carlos O'Donell Message-ID: <9bf19b9d-1af1-c830-37e5-cadb06a2b0df@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:24:01 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87sgmsbuxn.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/12/19 5:18 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Carlos O'Donell: >=20 >> If the new glibc cannot be compiled with gcc8 or gcc9 for nios2, then th= at's >> a problem though. It immediately makes it difficult to test a new glibc = on >> existing systems without upgrading the system compiler. >=20 > I don't think nios2 systems have system compilers as such =E2=80=A6 I don't really know what to call the SDK compiler that comes from Altera. I'm going to call them "system compilers", though I'm open to other terms. >> How long will that take and is it OK to leave things in a broken >> state for that long for a given target like nios2? >=20 > Maybe we should back the fix out and see how quickly we can get in the > other GCC 10 patches? I'd like to hear Joseph's opinion on this. I think this problem is entirely something that we as developers see, but doesn't affect users, and so we have the flexibility to choose how we handl= e this. --=20 Cheers, Carlos.